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Title
Benjamin
Stites
gravestone
Subject
Cemeteries--Ohio--Hamilton County
Cemeteries--Ohio--Cincinnati--History--Pictorial works
National Register of Historic Places
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Handwritten
on
reverse
: "
Monument
to
Major
Stites
,
Cincinnati.
"
Inscription
on
tombstone
reads
"
Major
Benj
.
Stites
.
Born
at
Scotch
Plains
,
New
Jersey
.
1743
.
Died
Aug
30
,
1804
In
Columbia
now
part
of
Cincinnati
. A
Revolultionary
Soldier
. Was a
pioneer
in this
section
having
brought
the
first
boat
load
of
pioneers
down
the
Ohio
River
.
Landed
on the
bank
near
the this
spot
and
founded
the
town
of
Columbia
on
Nov
.
18
,
1788
.
It
was
Major
Benj
.
Stites
that
induced
Col
.
John
Cleves
Symmes
to
purchase
land
between
the
two
Miami
Rivers
.
Major
Benj
.
Stites
is
entitled
to the
credit
of
being
the
originator
of the
settlement
of
Cincinnati
and
Hamilton
County
.
Erected
Nov
.
18
,
1923
". The
grave
,
located
in the
Pioneer
Memorial
Cemetery
at
333
Wilmer
Avenue
in
Cincinnati
,
is
a
memorial
to
Major
Benjamin
Stites
who
brought
the
first
boatload
of
pioneers
down
the
Ohio
River
. They
landed
near
this
site
on
November
18
,
1788
and
founded
the
town
of
Columbia
. The
town
no
longer
exists
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B09F10_047_1.tif
Image Height
6493
Image Width
5452
File Size
106224208 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
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Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-18
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